A willful violation of the law that leads to an employee death can result in criminal penalties of up to $10,000 and/or six months in jail.

As- bestos was one of the substances singled out as ajarget.health haz ard;'the'others were cotton dust, carbon monoxide, lead, and silica.

' The planned modification of the trim saw area from caws to (rotating "hogging" heads, a3 indicated by Jim Gallatin, should bring about another improvement in asbestos control by increasing the effectiveness of dust pickup at these positions. evidenced by the substantial dust accumulation immediately ET inside the access door on the new Bander, further improvements in design of the internal dust pickup beads could be made. 6 The relative importanos of such a modification becomes apparent after isolating and studying significant sources of mineral core screp and dust which Ultimately lead to the accumulations of these materials In evidence under and alongside the process line in this area

(g) Placards remaining on band and in compliance with 174.552 (a) or 174.553 (a) in effect on June 19, 1900, may be used until present stocks arc exhausted. 174.G47 Carriers supply of placards, (a) Carriers must keep on hand an adequate supply of all necessary placards for placarding cars loaded by them and for the replacement of missing placards on leaded cars while in transit. 174.648 Placarded cars, (a) Shippers must have applied placard;* to cars loaded by them when cars arc acceptable for trans portation.

(4) Lead arsenate

McBurney, Diamond-Shamrock The speaker discussed the evidence leading to the conclusion of no epidemic of ASL cases.

Immediate GOODRICH STATEMENT ON OSHA STANDARD Contact: J. 0.

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.~~ Acute highdose benzene toxicity is manifested by neurological symptoms including nausea and vertigo, progmshg to coma and death,53,54while at lower doses the most significant toxic effect is depression of bone marrow function, leading to pancytopenia or aplastic anaemk~~~T.5h6e latter effects are mediated partly by induction of apoptosis in haematopoietic cells,57 and also through effects on stromal macrophage func- t i o n s 3 Levels of prostaglandin E2 within bone marrow are increased by benzene, with a resultant down-regulation of haematop0iesis,~9a mechanism of toxicitv which has been effectively prevented by co-adr;linistration of indomethacin in The geno- toxic effects of benzene metabolites have been exten- sively documented in a variety of in vitro and in vivo studk%many of the latter utilizing colony-forming unit assays to detect effects on early stages of haemato- p~ksis.

Our own analysis and evaluation to date indicates that we must develop proper scale tests that will lead to con trols for proven fire hazards in given product applica tions.

The only other lead we have been able to determine ifi the fact that the claimant's mother lives in the com munity of Magee, Miss., which is between Mt.

In fact, our description of the problems may lead some people to conclude that you really cannot get there from here.

., President of SPI and the lead-off witness for the industry group, said, "The companies represented here today are sincerely concerned with providing all appropriate and necessary safeguards.

- 6- In our discussions with FDA personnel close to the writing of the Preamble, we were informed that they did not intend the quoted statements to be read as broadly as indicated above.

tfy foalmued From First l`ugt> about an abnormally high number of Good sels, leading to degeneration of the bones at such groups as the National Institute (or Oc rich workers who had liver disease.